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Foreword by John Lasseter, Pixar ix

Preface to 2nd edition xi
Preface to 1st edition xiii
Acknowledgements xv
Introduction : General Principles of Timing 1
Timing for TV Series 1
Timing for Full Animation 1
Timing in General 2
What is Good Timing? 2
The Storyboard 5
Traditional Storyboards 5
Digital Storyboards 7
Additional Storyboard Eff ects 10
Responsibility of the Director 11
The Basic Unit of Time in Animation 12
Timing for Television vs. Timing for Feature Films 14
Slugging 15
Bar Sheets 17
Timing for Traditional Animation: Exposure Charts or Exposure
Sheets 19
Timing for an Overseas Production 20
Timing for a 2D Digital Production 21
Timing for a 3D Digital Production 21
Timing for an Actor-Based Program (Performance or Motion Capture) 23
Animation and Properties of Matter 25
Movement and Caricature 27
Cause and Eff ect 28
Newton s Laws of Motion 31
Objects Thrown Through the Air 33
Timing of Inanimate Objects 35

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